Matapo Matapo
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Matapo Matapo
| office1 = Member of Parliament
| term1 = 1983
| constituency1 = Titikaveka
| predecessor1 = Seat established
| successor1 = Teariki Matenga
| party = Cook Islands Party
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date = 25 July 1983
| death_place = Rarotonga, Cook Islands
}}
Matapo Matapo (died 25 July 1983) was a Cook Islands businessman and politician. He briefly served as a Member of Parliament for several months before his death.
Biography
Matapo was a planter and became a well-known businessman in the 1950s.[http://www.ciherald.co.ck/articles/PDF%20Herald%20Issues/Herald%20711%2002%2004%2014.pdf Memories of my fallen M.P. friends] Cook Islands Herald Views, 2 April 2014, p11 A member of the Cook Islands Party, he was a candidate in a 1977 by-election for the Takitumu seat following the death of Tiakana Numanga. However, he was defeated by Iaveta Short.[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-335671033/view?sectionId=nla.obj-340113397&partId=nla.obj-335682925#page/n20/mode/1up Storms ahead in the Cooks?] Pacific Islands Monthly, February 1978, p71
He ran again in the new Titikaveka constituency in the March 1983 general elections and was elected to Parliament. However, he died a few months later.[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-339795163/view?partId=nla.obj-339853218#page/n64/mode/1up Matapo Matapo] Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1983, p65 The loss of his seat led to the government losing its majority and was one of the causes of early elections being held in November later in the year.